Investigating Students' Drawings as a Representational Mode of Mathematical Fluency
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| Title: | Investigating Students' Drawings as a Representational Mode of Mathematical Fluency |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Cartwright, Katherin, Bobis, Janette, Way, Jennifer, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) |
| Source: | Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 2021Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) (43rd, Singapore, 2021). |
| Availability: | Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. GPO Box 2747, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. Tel: +61-8-8363-0288; Fax: +61-8-8362-9288; e-mail: sales@merga.net.au; Web site: http://www.merga.net.au/ |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 5 |
| Publication Date: | 2021 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Research Speeches/Meeting Papers |
| Education Level: | Elementary Education |
| Descriptors: | Mathematics Instruction, Freehand Drawing, Elementary School Students, Mathematics Skills, Task Analysis, Learning Processes, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries |
| Geographic Terms: | Australia |
| Abstract: | In sharing solutions of mathematical tasks, students may use various modes of representation such as: language (oral/written), numerical and symbolic, or drawings (pictures, diagrams or markings). In this paper we explore the potential of student drawings to provide evidence of mathematical fluency. Examples of young students' (5-8 years old) solutions to mathematical tasks are examined through the lens of drawing representations. The investigation suggested that students' drawings are valuable data when analysing work samples for evidence of mathematical fluency alongside other representations. [This paper is the second in a symposium of three papers. For the first paper, "Drawings Reveal Young Students' Multiplicative Visualisation," see ED616196. For the third paper, "Children's Drawings as a Source of Data to Examine Attitudes towards Mathematics: Methodological Affordances and Issues," see ED616198.] |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2021 |
| Accession Number: | ED616197 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | In sharing solutions of mathematical tasks, students may use various modes of representation such as: language (oral/written), numerical and symbolic, or drawings (pictures, diagrams or markings). In this paper we explore the potential of student drawings to provide evidence of mathematical fluency. Examples of young students' (5-8 years old) solutions to mathematical tasks are examined through the lens of drawing representations. The investigation suggested that students' drawings are valuable data when analysing work samples for evidence of mathematical fluency alongside other representations. [This paper is the second in a symposium of three papers. For the first paper, "Drawings Reveal Young Students' Multiplicative Visualisation," see ED616196. For the third paper, "Children's Drawings as a Source of Data to Examine Attitudes towards Mathematics: Methodological Affordances and Issues," see ED616198.] |
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